Research Areas
The Department provides a world-class environment for PhD study.
We welcome research proposals from across the broad range of planning research and related disciplines such as geography, sociology and politics.
However the Department has considerable strength in the following fields:
- Governance and participation
- The theory and practice of planning
- Values, ethics and justice in planning and development
- Environmental policy and politics
- Urban and regional development
- Housing and property markets
- Spatial policy, economic development and regeneration
- International development
- Innovative social research methods
- Heritage and conservation policy
Our research takes an international perspective and we welcome proposals focused on any area of the world. We can also offer supervision using a range of approaches: quantitative, qualitative, critical theory and gender.
If you would like to know whether we can supervise the topic you wish to research, please contact us:
email : a.h.while@sheffield.ac.uk
For further details of staff research interests and PhD topics in the department: